"A new push to encrypt email, keeping messages free from government snooping, is gaining momentum." 

Finally something is being changed and large browsing companies are standing up to the NSA and others. 

"A major catalyst for email encryption were revelations about widespread online surveillance in documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor."

This shows that the "traitor" Edward Snowden has done exactly what he wanted to achieve. In a very responsible and mature way he has managed the world online to begin to change the way they treat privacy. He alone has done this, the actions of one man. 

This is a huge stepping stone when it comes to privacy and as I have been saying for months a very neccisary one. It was a long time coming but we are finally getting to a place were peoples privacy online is starting to be respected.  

Laws in Germany have now been changed to try and stop the tide of digital information going to the NSA. 

But not only is the encrytion going to be a good thing, it is going to be easy for email users and internet users worldwide. "Our vision is to make encryption and privacy mainstream by making it easy to use," Stockman told AFP. "There's no installation. Everything happens behind the scenes automatically." This means that it will just be like writing a normal email, exept now you don't have to worry about it going into the wrong hands.